Attachment for razors



Dec. 14 1926,

P. E. MENZEL ATTACHMENT FOR RAZOR;

' Filed NOV. 12. 1925 ATTORNEYS INVENTOR v '4 WITNESSES 54. /w

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Application filed November 12; 1.925.- seriinofea'es r.

The razor attachment of the present ining a Gillette and the guard plate11, a sharpening device" such as a flexible strap 16 is adapted to be Hj drawn, this strap frictionally turning the sharpened strap.

An ob blade in roner DOSltlOH to be by an auto-strop blade holder andset of the present invention is to 'providean attachment of thischaracter which may be snugly supported between the usual blade clampingjaws of the auto-strop razor, supporting :jfiWS.

and which carries means for firmly Gillette blade between said Afurtherob iect of the invention-is to provide an attachment of extremelysimple,

practical construction, which may be readi- 1y removed or applied, andwhich will lend itself to economical manufacture.

lVith the above noted' and other objects,

invention consists in certainin view, the

novel features of construct-ion and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and pointed out mavbe more in the claims. The invention." fully understood from the fol--lowing description in connection with the accompanying drawings,wherein- Fig. 1 isa top plan view showing my improved attachment inapplied position sup porting a blade, during stropping.

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2 is a view in longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view-0f the blade holder with parts broken away forclearness, dotted lines indicating the manner in which I the attachmentis removed from the blade holder.

' Fig. 4: is a 20 perspective'view of the plate In the accompanyingdraWings Ilhave shown the principal features of the well knowntype ofauto-strop razor, including a handle 10 mountlng plate 11,

a guard from the opposite ends of which arise upstanding ears 12,betwe'en'whlch a pair of parallel shafts 13, 1 1 arejournaled.

Shaft 13 carries a roller 15 between which,

shaft 13, and

through the intermediacy of tional type of portion 17 en of the shaft14.

blade holder includinga bight circling the shaft, and a pair this razor1 made integral therewith.

the invention. Hencel do not wish to myself to the details set forth,butshall coI1- of parallel spring clamping jaws .18, '19 between-wh1'ch" aconventional auto-strop blade (not shown) is adapted to he received.

. Reversal ofthe movement of the strapjacts.

through the gearing 16 to reverse the'position of the blade holder, andconsequently to tachmentin the nature of a flat plate 20 adapted to beinserted between the blade clamping jaws 18 and 1 9, and to support a hGillette blade indicated at 21. As best seen in Fig. 3, the plate 20includes the corner lugs 22 adapted to' be received behind the usualspring lugs 23 formed at the edges of the springclamping jaw 19. Theplate 20 7 also includes an approximately semicircular or segmentalextension 24 projecting beyond the free edges of the coacting clampingjaws 18 and 19, this extensionbeing formed with I a stud 25 for thereception of the central 83 opening in the blade21..

With the attachment plate 20 applied position and the blade 25 supportedthereon,

relative movement imparted to the handle 10' and strap 16 willefi'ectsharpeningof the blade in the manner abovedescribed. There is noparticular problem involvedv in removing the plate 20 froinits positionbetween the clamping jaws, since this plate at itsv inner "edge isshaped substantially in accordance with the shape .o fthe blades usuallymounted between the clamping jaws.

Upper clamping jaw 18 is formed with a I tongue 26 at one end coactingwith the as? sociated lug 23, thejtongue being readily sprung out of theway to permit the plate 20 to be removed. as indicated in dotted linesin Fig. 3. A It will be ohviousthat the particular. shape of theextension portion 24. of the late 20 may "be considerably varied, andthat if desirable more than one'fsecuring lug 25, might be stampedtherefrom, or otherwise i 1 find the device highly efficient however, inthe form shown.

Various changes and alterations inightbe V 7 made in-Lthe general formand arrangement Mounted upon theshaft 14 is a 'convens of partsdescribed, without,departingiffroin J 7 limit sider myself at liberty tomake such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spiritand-scope of the appended claims.

It will of course be understood, that when the attachment is in placebetween the blade clamping jaws, a blade to besharpened may be readilyinserted or reinovedwithout the necessity for dislodging or removing theplate 20.

I clai1n 7 1(An attachment for razors comprising .1 fiat plate having astraight edge adapted to be received between a-pair of blade clampingjaws, and including a portion adapted to extend beyond said jaws, andformed with a blade centering stud.

2. The combination with a razor including a pair of cooperating springclamping jaws, lugs at the opposite ends of one of said jaws, the otherjaw being cut away to accommd date the lugs, of a blade supportingattach- 'Inentincluding a plate received between said jaws and formedwith projections locking behind the lugs, a portion of said plateextending beyond the edges of the clamping jaws, and means associatedwith said exten- PAUL E. MENZEL.

